Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, then Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1785-1831) · Denmark · Died at 46

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He founded the House of Glücksburg - the dynasty that still populates half the thrones of Europe. A minor German-Danish duke who married well and outlived the right cousins, Friedrich Wilhelm turned a castle gift from his brother-in-law the king into a surname his son would carry to the Danish crown.

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Awards

Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog

Knight of the Order of the Elephant

Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog

Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog

Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog

Family

Parents

Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Partners

Spouse Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel

Children

Sibling Luise von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

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Friedrich Wilhelm was the only son of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, born into a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg. From 1804 he lived in Denmark-Norway and served as an officer in the Danish army through the Napoleonic Wars. His 1810 marriage to Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel made him brother-in-law to King Frederick VI, whose wife was Louise Caroline's elder sister. When his father died in 1816 he inherited the Beck dukedom, then in 1825 the king transferred Glücksburg Castle to him and changed his title accordingly after the elder Glücksburg line went extinct. He and Louise Caroline had ten children: his eldest son Karl inherited the dukedom, and his fourth son became King Christian IX of Denmark in 1863.

Country

Denmark

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deceased

Dates

Lived 1785 to 1831 · aged 46

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